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4 killed as blasts rock Sylhet

At least four people, including two policemen, were killed and more than 40 injured in two ‘powerful’ blasts outside a suspected militant den in Shibbari area of Sylhet city yesterday evening when army was conducting an operation. The blasts went off in a little over one hour from 6:45pm with the first one taking place at the army briefing venue, some 300 yards away from the militant den. Amry held the briefing around 10 hours into the operation codenamed ‘Twilight’ which was continuing till filing of this report around 1:30am today. Army launched the operation after more than 30-hour standoff since early Friday when police sealed off the 5-storey building, Atia Mahal, as militants detonated small bombs. Jedan Al Musa,…

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Tamim, Shakib crush Sri Lanka

Opener Tamim Iqbal struck a brilliant century to set up a crushing 90-run win for Bangladesh in the…

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News

Nation observes Genocide Day

The nation observed March 25 as ‘Genocide Day’ for the first time, marking the brutality carried out by the Pakistani Army on unarmed Bengalees on this black night in 1971. The government, political parties, cultural organisations and other social groups organised different programmes, including…

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Metro

Minority voters to be ‘deciding factor’

COMILLA: Then minority voters who account for around 25 per cent of the total votes are likely to be the deciding factor for the mayoral post in the Comilla City Corporation election billed for March 30, reports UNB. Though the minority voters are traditionally regarded as a 'reserved vote bank'…

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Editorial

Independence Day

Today Bangladesh celebrates the 47th Independence and National Day. Yesterday the nation celebrated the Genocide Day for the first time in its history in remembrance of the barbarity perpetrated on unarmed Bengalis and history is witness on that day the Pakistani military junta left no alternative for…

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Op-ed

A yogi and the kebab

One may not need teeth to eat them but one sure needs buffalo meat. Therefore, when Nawab Asad lost his dentures and needed meat that would melt in the mouth rather than being chewed he hit upon a recipe for the famous galawati kebab. In Lucknow as in other parts of India galawati is more famous…

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Business

Tailor-made solutions to boost output

In less than three years of operations, Singapore-based Indian technology company ThreadSol has made inroads into the readymade garments (RMG) industry, the largest industry of Bangladesh. With technological solutions like IntelloCut and IntelloBuy—which hold the promise of increasing productivity,…

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Worldwide

Troubled EU renews vows on 60th anniversary

ROME: European Union leaders renewed their vows at a special summit in Rome on Saturday, celebrating the troubled bloc's 60th anniversary with a commitment to a common future without Britain, reports AFP. Meeting without Britain just days before it triggers its divorce. from the EU, the other 27…

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Dhakalive

Souls comes up with patriotic song to mark Independence Day

For the second time in their journey, country’s popular band Souls has come up with a patriotic song. With the song titled ‘Supriyo Bangladesh’, the troupe has paid homage to the country and countrymen on the occasion of Independence Day. The lyric of the song is written by Sokal and…

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Sports

Tamim reaches 10,000 int’l runs in three formats

Tamim Iqbal became the first Bangladeshi batsman to score 10,000 International runs in all three formats during the course of his 127-run knock in the first ODI against Sri Lanka at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium yesterday. The opener who needed 267 matches and 311 innings to reach the five…

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Nationwide

Detecting TB patients to ensure treatment stressed

RANGPUR: Health experts at a discussion have put importance on creating social awareness in detecting tuberculosis (TB) patients to bring them under free treatment facilities to eradicate the curable disease from the country, reports BSS. They were addressing the post-rally discussion held in the conference…

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Changes ‘unlikely’

Despite widespread criticism for some controversial contents and mistakes and in textbooks from classes I to IX, the government is going to print the books for the next academic year without changing those controversial contents. Sources in the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) said the…

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Special Supplement

Return of the patriarch from the jaws of death

My career as civil servant spanning for more than three decades started with Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra at Kalurghat, Chittagong on March 26, 1971. For obvious reasons, in the initial period of 9 months of the liberation war of my service I had to move from one place to another with the shifting of…

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